Axodine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Axodine is a noun meaning (biology) Any unicellular heterokont alga of the class Actinochrysophyceae.
Meaning
(biology) Any unicellular heterokont alga of the class Actinochrysophyceae.
Example Sentences
The chrysophytes, bacillariophytes, and dictyochophytes (axodines; a group of heterokonts) date from about 100 million years ago, and despite the mass extinctions 65.5 million years ago, many species still flourish.
Word Forms
- axodines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dictyochophyte, xanthophyte, axophyte, axoplast, anabaena, axopod.
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